Crikey to uphold new public interest defence in Murdoch defamation trial

Kalila Welch

September 23, 2022 10:08

Crikey has filed its defence against media mogul Lachlan Murdoch, revealing the online news outlet plans to use a new public interest defence law.

The CEO of Crikey’s publisher, Private Media, Will Hayward, laid out three key points of the publishers legal defence in a statement shared to the Crikey website.

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Kalila Welch

Kalila Welch joined the Mumbrella editorial team in November 2021. She took a brief career break in mid 2023 to complete her Masters of Journalism before returning to Mumbrella for a year.

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